The REAL solution to the problem of GUNS and everything else…

January 17, 2013 by Mastin Kipp 16 Comments

One of the interesting things that happens in life is when people seek scapegoats or someone to blame when things go wrong.

It’s always “someone else’s” fault. There’s got to be SOMEONE to point the finger at.

But, it’s all an illusion.

Of course, people are and must be responsible for their actions. As I wrote about yesterday in my blog about why we should forgive Lance Armstrong, right now.

I’ve come to believe that it takes a very rare person to actually admit responsibility for their actions.

There’s a HUGE debate going on in the world right now about guns, the 2^nd amendment, mental health and security.

People seem to think it’s just one thing. It’s not GUNS; it’s PEOPLE. It’s not people; it’s GUNS. It’s not GUNS; it’s mental health. It’s not mental health; it’s the gun laws.

What we seem to forget in this debate and all debates, is that the problems are all created by US.

There is no “them”. “Them” is an illusion. There is no them, there is only us.

And if WE created the problems, it means that WE can solve them. BUT – not at the same level of thinking that created the problems in the first place. This is basic Einstein.

The truth is that it’s all of it. And all of it stems from our own consciousness.

Guns, people, laws, mental health – all of those things have one thing in common: they are all projections of our consciousness.

So, what must change is our consciousness. And as the consciousness changes – guess what else will change? You guessed it – our approach to guns, mental health and our laws.

This is not a new idea. In fact, what a lot of people seem to be forgetting or do not realize is that this idea is basically as old as our country.

Thomas Jefferson himself wrote:

“I am not an advocate for frequent changes in laws and constitutions, but laws and institutions must go hand in hand with the progress of the human mind. As that becomes more developed, more enlightened, as new discoveries are made, new truths discovered and manners and opinions change, with the change of circumstances, institutions must advance also to keep pace with the times. We might as well require a man to wear still the coat which fitted him when a boy as civilized society to remain ever under the regimen of their barbarous ancestors.”

Jefferson calls us to become more developed, more enlightened and discover new truths that arise when circumstances change.

This was part of the brilliance with which this country was founded, that we can grow, adapt and change based on the need of the current society.

So, while there are changes that must be made within the context of mental health, gun laws and the like – my friend, if you truly want to change this country and indeed the world, start with your own consciousness.

Is it up to us to live up to the words of Jefferson, so that we may indeed form a more perfect and enlightened union?

What’s more important? The quark or the atom? The atom or the cell? The cell or the organ? The organ or the body? The body or the society? The society or the planet? The planet or the solar system? The solar system or the galaxy? The galaxy or The Uni-verse? The Uni-verse or the Multiverse?

We each are a cell that is participating in the awakening of humankind.

How will you play your part today?

As always, the action happens in the comments below. Leave a comment and join the conversation! The TDL Community thrives in the comments and it’s a GREAT place to get support!

Love,

Mastin

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Mastin Kipp is the founder and CEO of The Daily Love. Follow him on Twitter here.

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Sher0588

Mastin, very well said and stated. I hope this article reaches many people to understand that we need to quit pointing fingers to others and argue with everyone. We all need to look within ourselves first and foremost.
To LISTEN first, absorb the information, to pause, and then after much reflection to speak!
Gwen Hess1

You really lost me on this one. I really don’t understand what you’re saying here. So we, I, have a changed consciousness, how does that change the reality of innocent little children being shot to death while they are at school or anywhere for that matter? How is my consciousness going to help that to stop? What am I missing here? I’m not a proponent of going out and buying guns to defend myself and my children from all the crazies out there. Maybe that is part of what you’re saying. What exactly are the enlighted thoughts about this. Are we to do nothing, react in no particular way to attempt to keep something like this from happening again? What is the reaction from Love? I understand that the problem is all of it and a band-aid approach with another little watered down law here or there or a police prescense in schools that isn’t affordable or that we are unable to maintain will not do the trick. So what then, how do I think in my own little head about doing what appears to be nothing.
- http://twitter.com/Happiness1st4U Happiness 1st
  
  Gwen,
  
  I understand your confusion. The global answer is if everyone found that inner peace then no one would act in those ways.But you are feeling a desire to take action, to do something other than envision such a world. I understand that as well.One of the things to help others understand is that humans operate on basically three levels. The outer level is the one we present to the world. Most people try to make this level appear
  “normal.” Most try to blend
  in. Even those who belong to groups that try to be different have “conforming” rules within the group that define whether someone is “one of them” or “other”.
  
  The second layer is where all the differences are. We can see two people acting the same, doing
  the same actions, even speaking almost the same words but when we get to this
  layer the differences are apparent. They
  may do the same thing but for very different reasons. I even have some great stories about close
  relations doing the same thing but for very different reasons. Understanding that we are all very different
  despite the lengths we go to in order to appear “same” is freeing. It brings greater acceptance of our own
  differences and those of others.
  
  The deepest level is where we are all the same. That is the level where deep connections are
  made. All of us want to love and be
  loved (even if we have decided at the more external levels that we don’t that
  is just a cover because we don’t believe we can have this or something along
  those lines). We also want a better world
  for our children.
  
  This level is universal.
  It does not matter what religion, nationality, race, gender, or any
  other differentiating factor – we are all the same at this core level. We can all connect here.
  
  Even the peace activist and the war monger are the same at
  this level. They have just come to
  different conclusions about the right path at other levels. Helping more people understand this deeper level, connecting with others at this level, being Love in the world. Have you ever had a rotten day and just one smile or friendly comment from a stranger lifted your spirits? What if there were more strangers being friendly and showing Love in the world. What if we were inclusive and saw everyone at their core level instead of judging and finding fault? How could this child have been different if he had experienced encounters like that? Someone such as he was was asking for help in the loudest possible way. You can be sure that before that, on many levels, he was asking for help but perceiving to viable solutions. Sometimes a stranger can reach us as no one else can – a kind or loving comment could have helped him to feel safe opening up and asking for help. We will never know now but I do know that there are others who are still asking for help, asking to feel loved, asking to feel accepted, even as they quietly scream inside their own minds at how awful they feel. One never knows the good they do when they treat another as fully human and see the love at their core.If 10 million of us begin being this way in the world think of the difference it could make – how the likelihood of someone screaming in pain inside is to find an encouraging word that makes them take a different path. It is already happening. We are all focused on the tragedy that did occur but the truth is that many more are diverted by Love than those that are not. Increasing the diverted ones is something we can do.
- REN
  
  He stated: “So, while there are changes that must be made within the context of mental health, gun laws and the like – my friend, if you truly want to change this country and indeed the world, start with your own consciousness.”
  Basically before you can change anything, you need to start with your own consciousness.
  He’s not stating that we do nothing – start with yourself and then you can begin to help change the other areas.
http://www.robinhallett.com/ Robin Hallett

Yep Mastin, be the change we want to see! I also tell people pointing one finger at someone else means you’re pointing three back at yourself – so what’s your part in it?
Hugs and love,
Robin
http://www.are-you-there-kathleen-its-me-god.blogspot.com/ Kathleen Reynolds Chelquist

WOW. Very impressed with this entry today…ME LIKEY!!!! Ever since I have started playing “my part,” I am creating so much joy and fulfillment. I am bursting with energy (even when I don’t get a full night’s sleep). Like EVERY SINGLE ONE OF YOU, I have a very important part to play in this Shakespearean life. We are all made in the image and likeness of our creator and NO ONE is less or better than. It is up to us (A CHOICE) to align our personalities with our soul, so we can….”BE THE CHANGE WE WISH TO SEE IN THE WORLD” I first started by putting the oxygen mask on my face…FIRST. Then I began to really LOVE my family for the first time (even when they are not loving me back). Now, I am serving my community with my blogs and FB posts. Every moment counts. Even if I am washing the dishes. I know I am energetically changing the world (quantum physics). It’s so exciting to KNOW that my inner- warm-fuzzies, with every swipe of a plate, is helping others…LOL. I know that may sound a little crazy, AND it is true. I just posted my FIRST YOUTUBE VIDEO, and I feel like a kid again. Hop on over to my blog and come meet me…
The Daily Commenter,
Kathleen
are-you-there-kathleen-its-me-god.blogspot.com/
- Jessie
  
  love your blog !!
  - http://www.are-you-there-kathleen-its-me-god.blogspot.com/ Kathleen Reynolds Chelquist
    
    Thanks Jessie!!!
http://profile.yahoo.com/MB7ZDON2QQJO2G3RHCW7P3OZYY Christopher

Here’s my facebook status from Dec 19th that I think goes hand in hand with this post:
“Guns do not kill people, people do. Social networks do not break up relationships, people do. The incident in Connecticut show us where we are as a society. Our mainstream focus is the idea of pushing the NRA to find more ways to restrict guns. We tend to forget the 1,234,567 laws, restrictions, & bills we have in place to keep order in this country. Does one more law stop a man from finding a way around it to kill another? Lets move our focus to another area of ourselves. Lets speak to our neighbors when we see them. Lets reach out to our distant family and friends. Lets encourage more dreams within our close ones. Take the opportunity to wish a stranger a good day. This all goes to say that hurt people, hurt people. Nevertheless, there’s a word that is necessary to receive more breath and use; U N I T Y. It sits within the word hUmaNITY because it is in our nature. There’s growth to come out of this tragic situation; I am a believer that with more expressions of love we can. Be love good people! Be the change you want to see.”
Cindy

SIMPLY PUT………….”BE THE CHANGE YOU WISH TO SEE IN THIS WORLD” – GANDHI

“A man is but the product of his thoughts. What he thinks, he becomes” (Madras: S. Ganesan, 1922) If we change our thoughts…….we change our conciousness ….we change the collective consciousness…..we change the world!
Yvette

This is bold and full of truth. Your public words begin a ripple effect into the consciousness of everybody reading this. The world is ready for this. Thank you for delivering your truth. It resonates so well with me. ~ Namaste
Reneedc

Most definitely enjoyed this entry. Thank you!
Mackenzieolson

I often think, you need a Degree to say you are an Architect, even though lives are not at risk and you can be self taught and learn through work experience just as easily as formal education. Why then would you not have to take some kind of training to buy/own a gun? Why would you want a gun in your home or on your person for protection? Is dialing 911 not enough? How can law enforcement, fire, ambulance workers even go to work knowing the the citizens are armed. Does it not add to the risk of their jobs? Also I get that “people kill people” but don’t people also choose to do drugs and yet most are illegal??

Making guns less accessable seems like a good precaution to take and society can continue to work on other issues like mental health at the same time.
http://twitter.com/jbrownlm Jacquelyn A. Brown

Thank you for your cogent analysis! It reminds me of my own (similar) thoughts on “societal ills” in general. For me, it simply boils down to, as I’ve heard it said before, “Hurt people hurt other people.” When we live by our human intellect (ego), we are incapable of Loving ourselves. As a result, we cannot possibly Love one another. And in this mindset, we have set up policies, systems and structures that are quite unloving, producing all the “isms” and iniquities we see.

As each of us learn to allow ourselves to live by Spirit and LOVE ourselves more – by doing our inner work through Spiritual practice, study, community, and service – we will easily the Light and create policies, systems and structures that are all Loving and abundantly generous (because the idea of lack and greed would cease to exist). And it is in this heart-set that I approach all my actions and interactions. I often imagine that if we ALL took our personal growth and evolution seriously (yet with compassion and humor and acted through Love, how much more of the world’s beauty would be revealed to us!
Eva

Thank you, I am in line for the awakening and want to stop the blame spinning.

Last night, I acknowledged the professional contributions of a family member, a Doctor that I had blamed for the loss of my son, I had blamed him for not doing enough as I thought he was in a good position to do more for my son.

I realise that no amount of blaming will get my son back, and that maybe his passing is fate, destined to happen no matter how physically fit he is.

My son was a very physically fit and an energetic 21 year old basketball player when the accident happened. He was 1.90 metres tall and very handsome with the longest limbs and legs, fingers and an infectious trade mark smile. He was hit with 3 bullets fired at close range from the back while sitting at a table socialising with friends in a bar in the Philippines(He was studying there). His oeseuphagus was injured, one of the bullet shells was still in his thigh and another one grazed and bounced off his thigh.
In order for the oeseuphagus to heal, food or saliva must be diverted and from an operation, the oeseuphagus was twisted and divetred to an incision on the side of his throat where saliva is released if swallowed. A tube was insetred directly to his stomach where he is fed with milk or blended liquified meals. He was paralysed from waist down. Due to his weight and incapacitation and the feeding tubes, he can only lay on his back and sideways. After 6 months he developed bed sores at bone protruding points and they have no way of healing as he’s always lying on them. The doctors were hesitant to operate the oeseuphagus as it may not heal like the bedsores due to insufficient intake of protein and vitamins.

My son lived on for a year and 4 months after the accident. His 22nd birthday passed while he lay crippled in bed and I cried with my son that day. He has been very cooperative with his doctors and looking forward to at least, taste or have something to eat on his birthday, he asked if the doctors can operate and realign the oeseuphagus so he can eat. (they had done some tests and they said the oeseuphagushas healed) He has not tasted food or eaten normally for 4 months, but the doctors refused to do the operations and he was in tears, he really wanted to taste food. (who wouldn’t????)

My son lived on and I watched helplessly as his body and muscles wasted away, the food intakes were not sufficient to sustain his body mass as he was a very big man. He passed away 6 days before his 23rd birthday, all skeleton and beyond recognition of his handsome and athletic masculine body. We live in a small island nation and no advanced medical facilities.

I am still in mourining, last night was 90 days since his passing and I am slowly coming to terms with his loss.

I will forever treasure my son as I communicate with him in spirit.

I love you darling!!
http://twitter.com/MyPeaceOfFood My Peace Of Food

I appreciate this; I do. It’s hard for me to be optimistic, and change will be slow and a long time coming, but I do see a movement in SOME areas in the direction of peace, and that gives me hope. It does start at the individual level. We all need to propagate peace and love, as hippie-cheesy as that sounds, in order to see the results at a higher level. Peace and love.